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8:30pm Sunday, March 14 on TV One

Set in the mid-80s, Sunday Theatre: Starter For 10 follows Brian Jackson, a working-class student, as he navigates through his turbulent first year at Bristol University (tonight on TV ONE at 8.30pm).

James McAvoy (Atonement), the young actor who plays Brian, says his character is a brilliant everyman: "Someone trying to fit in and I think that's something we can all relate to."

"The story will appeal to adults who grew up in the 80s, anyone who has gone through higher education, and anyone who's tried to fit into something they weren't meant for. It's not your typical teenage gross-out comedy," he continues.

8:30pm Sunday, March 7 on TV One

On tonight's series finale of Doc Martin, the curmudgeonly Dr Martin Ellingham (Martin Clunes) is packing up his Portwenn home and practice in preparation for his move back to London (on TV ONE at 8.30pm).

Martin and Pauline (Katherine Parkinson) are surprised by the number of patients coming to see him on the last day before his surgery closes. Martin heads to visit Louisa (Caroline Catz) at the school to finalise financial arrangements for after the birth of their baby, before heading home where Aunt Joan (Stephanie Cole) helps finish off his packing.

8:30pm Sunday, January 24 on TV One

Martin Clunes returns for a fourth series as the hapless, socially and romantically inept GP, Martin Ellingham, in Sunday Theatre: Doc Martin (tonight at 8.30pm on TV ONE).

Martin was once a successful London surgeon whose hospital career came to a shuddering halt when he developed a phobia for blood. He retrained as a GP and moved to the Cornish seaside hamlet of Portwenn, a quaint coastal town filled with a host of colourful characters. The Portwenn community slowly become fond of their fish-out-of-water doctor who, despite his medical brilliance, lacks vital personal skills and any semblance of bedside manner.

8:30pm Sunday, January 17 on TV One

The British Prime Minister and the Royal Family find themselves at odds in the wake of a national tragedy, in tonight's multi-award-winning Sunday Theatre: The Queen (at 8.30pm on TV ONE).

When news of the death of Princess Diana, undoubtedly the most famous woman in the world, breaks upon a shocked and disbelieving British public, Queen Elizabeth II (Dame Helen Mirren) retreats behind the walls of Balmoral Castle with her family, unable to grasp the public's grief and how she should react.

For Tony Blair (Michael Sheen), the popular and newly-elected Prime Minister, the people's need for reassurance and support from their leaders is palpable. As the unprecedented outpouring of emotion grows even stronger, Blair must find a way to reconnect the heavily-criticised Queen with the British public.

8:30pm Monday, January 11 on TV One

The adventure of a lifetime becomes the journey from hell in TV ONE's Sunday Theatre: Losing Gemma (tonight at 8.30pm).

Two unlikely travelling companions are thrown together when their mutual friend has an accident the night before they leave for India. Adventurous loner Esther (Alice Eve, The Rotters' Club) wants to get a taste of real travel and leave her old life behind, while Gemma (Rachel Leskovac, Holby City), who has just split from her boyfriend Steve (Jonas Armstong, Robin Hood), is more interested in recreating the famous shot of Princess Diana at the Taj Mahal.

8:30pm Monday, January 4 on TV One

Set against some of Britain's most beautiful landscapes, The Virgin Queen explores the full sweep of Elizabeth I's long and eventful life (tonight at 8.30pm on TV ONE).

Anne-Marie Duff plays Elizabeth, from the young princess to the successful Queen, who turns England into a major world power.

The actress admits she knew very little about England's most iconic Queen before taking on the role: "But I was so excited I can't tell you. It's some chance isn't it, especially as a woman, to get to play that kind of a part. I was completely thrilled. I went off and did tons of research and read everything I could - there are so many stories about her. She was a fantastic, exciting, sexy, vibrant woman."

8:30pm Monday, December 28 on TV One

British writer Sarah Phelps breathes new life into the much-loved Charles Dickens classic Oliver Twist, in this two-part series (tonight at 8.30pm on TV ONE).

Oliver Twist's life starts inauspiciously. Born to the workhouse - the son of an unmarried mother, who dies shortly afterwards - he is not expected to survive the night. Ten years on, and after growing up in a workhouse overseen by the awful Mr Bumble, Oliver (William Miller, Krakatoa - The Last Days) wants more. He gets sold to the local undertaker, Mr Sowerberry (John Sessions), before escaping to London.

8:30pm Monday, December 21 on TV One

Written by acclaimed television writer Guy Andrews, Lost In Austen is an ingenious reinvention of the classic novel, Pride And Prejudice, in which Jane Austen's story is thrown off track by a very modern heroine, Amanda Price (tonight at 8.30pm on TV ONE). Amanda (Jemima Rooper, Sinchronicity) swaps places with Elizabeth Bennet (Gemma Arterton, Quantum Of Solace) and takes centre stage in the celebrated love story.